African Fang Ngil Mask | Gabon Tribal Mask | African Art Collection

Description

African Fang Ngil mask 10*6″ 0,7 lbs, for your collection or your wall and interior decoration (Blmk20008)
Ngil type mask, from the Fang tribe living in Gabon.
This African Fang mask illustrates one of the many stylistic variations of the Ngil’s Fang masks, on which assertive features give an austere appearance. Locally abraded bleached patina. The appearance of these masks, usually coated with kaolin (the white color evokes the power of ancestors), in the middle of the night, could cause dread.

This type of mask was used by the male society ngil which no longer exists today. This secret society was in charge of initiations and fought against witchcraft. The ngil was a purifying fire rite symbolized by the gorilla.
The wearers of these masks, always in large numbers, appeared at night, lit by torches. Their intervention was also linked to the judicial function by identifying the culprits of the bad deeds within the village.
This piece was handpicked and collected by Blawo.
Shipped with a Blawo Certificate of Authenticity.